Gen Bipin Rawat Chopper Crash Live Updates: Lone survivor IAF Group Captain Varun Singh shifted to Bengaluru Command Hospital

General Bipin Rawat had last visited his native village in Uttarakhand's Pauri district in 2018 and had plans to build a house there after his retirement, his uncle recalled on Wednesday. His uncle Bharat Singh Rawat (70) had gone to Kotdwar for some work but returned home as soon as he heard about the accident. It is only the general's family that lives at Saina village of Dwarikhal block. The general's uncle said people from nearby villages offered condolences to the family with tears in their eyes. He said Bipin Rawat had offered prayers to their "kuldevata" during his last visit to the village in 2018. He left on the same day and had said he would build a house in the village after his retirement, the general's uncle said. (PTI)

CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others were killed after an IAF chopper carrying them crashed in Tamil Nadu's Ooty on Wednesday. The chopper crashed in apparently foggy conditions, killing 13 out of 14 people on board, the IAF and other officials said. Group Captain Varun Singh is the sole survivor of the crash.

Describing Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat as a very good officer from a fine military family, former Army chief General (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury on Wednesday said that he was making "necessary adjustments" among the three forces. Noting that Rawat was one of his cadets when he was the battalion commander in the Indian Military Academy, Roychowdhury said that he is "very sorry" that this has happened. (PTI)

The Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat crashed minutes before reaching its destination in Tamil Nadu's Wellington. The chopper took off at 11.48am from the Sulur Air Base and was reported to be missing at around 12.22pm, sources said. (ANI)

The mortal remains of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife along with other armed forces personnel who died after a military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu is expected to arrive in Delhi by Thursday evening, sources said. (ANI)

Veteran playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, actor Kangana Ranaut, Kamal Haasan and other cine personalities took to Twitter on Wednesday to mourn the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat's death in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. Gen Rawat, his wife Madhulika and and 11 other armed forces personnel died on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force said. (ANI)

The Prime Minister-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was briefed on Wednesday about a military helicopter crash that led to the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and other defence personnel near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. Besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the meeting was attended by defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, official sources said. (PTI)

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has decided not to celebrate her birthday on Thursday, the party said on Wednesday. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal announced the party chief's decision on Twitter and urged party workers to avoid any celebrations. The announcement came on a day Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. (PTI)

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday condoled the demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, who was among 13 dead in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu, saying that the nation has lost a hero. Chouhan also said that Gen Rawat's wife Madhulika Singh, who also died in the tragedy, hailed from Madhya Pradesh. (PTI)

Group captain Varun Singh from DSSC (Defence Services Staff College) was rescued from the crashed site with 80% burns. He is battling for life.